Comic Book
Students will explore the fun and exciting styles and techniques of comic book illustration and storytelling – step by step. Going panel by panel, students will see how to create in a way sure to bring entertainment to many by using either existing stories or their own tales. Through these simple, easy to learn, basic comic-storytelling conventions, used by professional comic book artists today, students will conclude by creating a humorous, dramatic, or fantasy one-page comic from a story of their choice in 3 to 6 panels. This class will set you on the path to visually telling your stories your way!
Course Syllabus
As a result of successfully completing this course, students...
Will be able to:
- Understand basic concepts that make comics a fun and/or exciting way to tell stories.
- Witness how different camera angles can enhance the emotion of any scene.
- Demonstrate the steps to creating effective stories with a limited number of frames.
- Determine the types of characters, the locations, and the props necessary for your story.
- Prove slow and steady gets you the best results.
- Realize the words in comics are secondary to the drawing.
- Complete a well-designed sequential story.
Will display the following attitudes/professional behaviors:
- Meet deadlines.
- Come prepared at all times.
- Discuss work using specific and appropriate terminology.
- Contribute to class discussion and critique.
Course Additional Information
*Additional Fees: Occasionally a course will require additional fees. These fees cover labs, materials, equipment costs, and more.
Virtual Onsite Course Start and End Dates: June 17, 2024 — June 27, 2024
Online Course Start and End Dates: June 17, 2024 — July 27, 2024
Course Schedule
| Code | Start date | End date | Course Type | |||||
| AE 80 OL | June 17, 2024 | July 27, 2024 | Online | |||||
| AE 80 01 | June 17, 2024 | June 27, 2024 | Onsite | |||||
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